# fundir
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* fondir

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [funˈdiɾ]

### Etymology 1

Attested since the 13th century (fondir), from Latin fundō.

#### Verb

fundir (first-person singular present fundo, first-person singular preterite fundín, past participle fundido) fundir (first-person singular present fundo, first-person singular preterite fundim or fundi, past participle fundido, reintegrationist norm)
* to smelt
** 1289, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra, Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 114:os ouriuez non deuen a fondir moeda nihua que seja, saluo sua prata quando lle seyr salagrethe goldsmiths shall not smelt any coin whatsoever, except of their silver when it results brittle
* to fuse
* to sink
* to spread
    Synonym: cundir
* to yield
    Synonym: cundir

##### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

fundir (first-person singular present fundo, third-person singular present fonde, first-person singular preterite fundín, past participle fundido)
* (intransitive) to drag out, to go slowly (of time)
* (intransitive) to suit

##### Conjugation
### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fondir”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fundir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “fundir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fundir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fundir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Icelandic
### Noun

fundir
* indefinite nominative plural of fundur

## Old Norse
### Noun

fundir
* nominative plural of fundr

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin fundō, from Proto-Italic *hundō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /fũˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [fũˈd͡ʒi(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /fũˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [fũˈd͡ʒi(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /fũˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /fũˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [fũˈd͡ʒi(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /fũˈd͡ʒi(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fũˈdiɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fũˈdiɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /fũˈdi.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: fun‧dir

### Verb

fundir (first-person singular present fundo, first-person singular preterite fundi, past participle fundido)
* to smelt
* to fuse

#### Related terms

* fundição
* fundido
* fundidor
* fusão

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fundere. Doublet of hundir (“to sink”). Cognate with English found (“to melt”) and fuse.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /funˈdiɾ/ [fũn̪ˈd̪iɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: fun‧dir

### Verb

fundir (first-person singular present fundo, first-person singular preterite fundí, past participle fundido)
* to smelt, to cast
    fundir estatuas ― to cast statues
* to melt
    Synonym: derretir
* to fade, to merge, to fuse
* (colloquial) to waste
    Synonyms: gastar, despilfarrar
* (obsolete) to sink
    Synonyms: hundir, sumir
* (reflexive, Mexico) to burn out (of lightbulbs and similar light-producing devices)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* fundible
* hierro fundido (“cast iron”)

#### Related terms

* fundición
* fusión

### Further reading

* “fundir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10